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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 25 NE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Saxon Cemetery, Cop Street, Richborough |
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Summary
Saxon (?5th century) Cemetery. During the draining of Goss Field, at Cup or Cop Street near Goldston-under-Ash, before 1849, nearly 20 early Saxon graves with flagstone covers were opened. There were several finds, now in museums.
| Grid Reference: | TR 288 598 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR25NE |
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| Parish: | ASH, DOVER, KENT |
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During the draining of Goss Field, at Cup or Cop Street near Goldston-under-Ash, before 1849, nearly 20 early Saxon graves with flagstone covers were opened. Weapons, coins, glass vessels, beads and a silverbrooch of the 5th century were found. These are now in Liverpool Museum. (1-4) Goss Field could not be located either on the Tithe Map or during fieldwork. (5) Inhumation cemetery sited to TR 290 597, Cop Street, Ash (Goldstone, Richborough). (6) More likely to be located in a field around Cop Street with a nearby water source - i.e. TR 288 598 or TR 292 599.
<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 361 (RA Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE50849.
<2> Arts in Early England 4 1915 705 (GB Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE37364.
<3> JBAA 5 1850 374 (R Smith) (OS Card Reference). SKE44991.
<4> Medieval Architecture 2 1958 65 (S Chadwick) (OS Card Reference). SKE46852.
<5> F1 FGA 07-JUL-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42900.
<6> Gazette Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 115-6 (ALS Meaney) (OS Card Reference). SKE43567.
<7> Field report for monument TR 25 NE 2 - July, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5710.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 361 (RA Smith). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Arts in Early England 4 1915 705 (GB Brown). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: JBAA 5 1850 374 (R Smith). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Medieval Architecture 2 1958 65 (S Chadwick). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 FGA 07-JUL-64. |
| <6>XY | OS Card Reference: Gazette Early Anglo-Saxon Burial Sites 1964 115-6 (ALS Meaney). [Mapped feature: #47722 cemetery, ] |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 25 NE 2 - July, 1964. |
